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enCooking for Copyright campaign sees librarians make vintage recipes in bid to change lawshttp://lisnews.org/cooking_for_copyright_campaign_sees_librarians_make_vintage_recipes_in_bid_to_change_laws
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/41">Librarians</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Librarians down under are cooking up a campaign to change the country's copyright laws according to <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/librarians-cook-up-copyright-campaign-to-try-and-change-laws/6653402">this ABC story.</a></p>
<p>"However, those involved want people to bake biscuits and cakes rather than picket Parliament.</p>
<p>Social media users are being encouraged to cook a vintage recipe and share a photo of the result.</p>
<p>The aim is to encourage the Attorney-General to look at changing the law so that unpublished works are treated the same way as published ones."</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:16:22 +0000Pete43552 at http://lisnews.orgWhat Does It Mean That James Bond's In the Public Domain In Canada?http://lisnews.org/what_does_it_mean_that_james_bonds_in_the_public_domain_in_canada
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://io9.com/what-does-it-mean-now-that-james-bonds-in-canadas-publi-1678191830">io9 looks at the copyright status of James Bond:</a></p>
<p>"On January 1st, 2015, the works of Ian Fleming entered the public domain in a number of countries. That means that the character of James Bond is no longer copyrighted in those countries, just like Sherlock Holmes has been for a while. But it doesn't mean that it's suddenly open season on that character.</p>
<p>But why now and what exactly does it mean?"</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 08 Jan 2015 14:05:45 +0000Pete43234 at http://lisnews.orgPicking The Locks: Redefining Copyright Law In The Digital Agehttp://lisnews.org/picking_the_locks_redefining_copyright_law_in_the_digital_age
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Information wants to be free. At least that's what Internet activists and many consumers say in support of free online content.</p>
<p>But when we stream a new film online or listen to music on Spotify, we don't always consider — or care about — the artists who are losing out.</p>
<p>The debates over intellectual property, copyright and traditional ideas of enforcement have been hot topics of late. The fall of Napster in the late '90s and the current battle between publisher Hachette and Amazon show that copyright law needs to be rewritten to fit digital standards.</p>
<p>In his new book, Information Doesn't Want To Be Free: Laws For The Internet Age, author Cory Doctorow argues that creators can make money even when their content is available online free of charge. For creators to succeed in the digital age, he says, copyright law must be reformed to reflect an age in which tech platforms control content.</p>
<p>Full piece here: <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/360196476/picking-the-locks-redefining-copyright-law-in-the-digital-age">http://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/360196476/picking-the-locks-redefining-copyright-law-in-the-di...</a></p>
<p>Note: In addition to additional text there is a 7 minute audio piece at the NPR site.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 04 Nov 2014 03:08:38 +0000Bibliofuture43143 at http://lisnews.orgThe Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battlehttp://lisnews.org/the_copyright_wars_three_centuries_of_transatlantic_battle
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691161828/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0691161828&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=xj9k72-20&amp;linkId=XGYMITJB5WH6XMYQ">The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle</a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=xj9k72-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0691161828" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691161828/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0691161828&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=xj9k72-20&amp;linkId=XGYMITJB5WH6XMYQ"><img border="0" src="http://ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0691161828&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=xj9k72-20" /></a><img src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=xj9k72-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0691161828" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>Today's copyright wars can seem unprecedented. Sparked by the digital revolution that has made copyright--and its violation--a part of everyday life, fights over intellectual property have pitted creators, Hollywood, and governments against consumers, pirates, Silicon Valley, and open-access advocates. But while the digital generation can be forgiven for thinking the dispute between, for example, the publishing industry and Google is completely new, the copyright wars in fact stretch back three centuries--and their history is essential to understanding today's battles. The Copyright Wars--the first major trans-Atlantic history of copyright from its origins to today--tells this important story.</p>
<p>Peter Baldwin explains why the copyright wars have always been driven by a fundamental tension. Should copyright assure authors and rights holders lasting claims, much like conventional property rights, as in Continental Europe? Or should copyright be primarily concerned with giving consumers cheap and easy access to a shared culture, as in Britain and America? The Copyright Wars describes how the Continental approach triumphed, dramatically increasing the claims of rights holders. The book also tells the widely forgotten story of how America went from being a leading copyright opponent and pirate in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to become the world's intellectual property policeman in the late twentieth. As it became a net cultural exporter and its content industries saw their advantage in the Continental ideology of strong authors' rights, the United States reversed position on copyright, weakening its commitment to the ideal of universal enlightenment--a history that reveals that today's open-access advocates are heirs of a venerable American tradition.</p>
<p>Compelling and wide-ranging, The Copyright Wars is indispensable for understanding a crucial economic, cultural, and political conflict that has reignited in our own time.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:13:11 +0000Bibliofuture43109 at http://lisnews.orgConan Doyle Estate Says Sherlock Not Free Yethttp://lisnews.org/conan_doyle_estate_says_sherlock_not_free_yet
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In a follow up to an earlier story, the Conan Doyle estate may appeal the ruling against it's copyright claim according to <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/60503-conan-doyle-estate-says-sherlock-not-free-yet.html">this Publishers Weekly story.</a></p>
<p>"Is Sherlock Holmes truly a free man? Not so fast say attorneys for the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</p>
<p> In a December 23 decision, an Illinois federal court held that Holmes and other characters and story elements in more than 50 Sherlock Holmes stories are in the public domain. But attorneys for the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this week insisted that the complete characters of Holmes and Watson won’t be freed until the final 10 stories published after 1922 enter the public domain, in 2022."</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 17:23:22 +0000Pete42579 at http://lisnews.orgSherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Ruleshttp://lisnews.org/sherlock_holmes_is_in_the_public_domain_american_judge_rules
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/sherlock-holmes-is-in-the-public-domain-american-judge-rules/">This New York Times story</a> has the details.</p>
<p>"A federal judge has issued a declarative judgment stating that Holmes, Watson, 221B Baker Street, the dastardly Professor Moriarty and other elements included in the 50 Holmes works Arthur Conan Doyle published before January 1, 1923, are no longer covered by United States copyright law, and can be freely used by new creators without paying any licensing fee to the Conan Doyle estate."</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:31:51 +0000Pete42563 at http://lisnews.orgGoogle Gets Total Victory Over Authors Guild: Book Scanning Is Fair Usehttp://lisnews.org/google_gets_total_victory_over_authors_guild_book_scanning_is_fair_use
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/topic/google">Google</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This one has been a long time coming, but this morning, Judge Denny Chin (who actually has a long history of siding with copyright holders) found that Google's book scanning project is fair use. This is a huge victory in a variety of ways. <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131114/09561525242/google-gets-total-victory-over-authors-guild-book-scanning-is-fair-use.shtml">TechDirt has the story.</a></p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:54:04 +0000Pete42502 at http://lisnews.orgMendeley and RefWorks Flow: The next, next generation of citation management softwarehttp://lisnews.org/mendeley_and_refworks_flow_the_next_next_generation_of_citation_management_software
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1">News</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16">Vendors</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18">Technology</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/84">Academic Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/106">Library 2.0</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A decade or so ago, ISI's EndNote bought out most of the competition, practically obtaining a monopoly on the reference manager business. In the early Library 2.0 boom, web-based products like Zotero and CSA's RefWorks became the norm. Thomson Reuters played catch up by introducing EndNote Web, and NoodleBib and other adware/freemium clones cropped up in what is now again a crowded marketplace.</p>
<p>Mendeley, recently purchased by Elsevier, has gained fame by offering social media integration and and sharing cababilities. It notably works on the old Questia model of selling itself directly to individual users, not institutions. ProQuest is also putting the finishing touches on RefWorks Flow, which features similar collaboration tools. </p>
<p>The way these newer products allow users to share articles with peers raises interesting questions about them potentially being used as a new "Napster for subscription journals," especially since they are now both owned by major publishers. See my comment for some more philosophical questions....</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:40:00 +0000John42271 at http://lisnews.orgHow Copyright Makes Works Disappear . . .http://lisnews.org/how_copyright_makes_works_disappear
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>An excellent new study at <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2290181">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2290181</a> looks at a random sample of new books for sale on Amazon.com shows three times more books initially published in the 1850’s are for sale than new books from the 1950’s. Why? The paper presents new data on how copyright seems to make works disappear. First, a random sample of 2300 new books for sale on Amazon.com is analyzed along with a random sample of 2000 songs available on new DVD’s. Copyright status correlates highly with absence from the Amazon shelf. On page 15, a newly updated version of a now well-known chart tells this story most vividly. Second, the availability on YouTube of songs that reached number one on the U.S., French, and Brazilian pop charts from 1930-60 is analyzed in terms of the identity of the uploader, type of upload, number of views, date of upload, and monetization status. An analysis of the data demonstrates that the DMCA safe harbor system as applied to YouTube helps maintain some level of access to old songs by allowing those possessing copies (primarily infringers) to communicate relatively costlessly with copyright owners to satisfy the market of potential listeners.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:27:38 +0000Anonymous Patron42260 at http://lisnews.orgAs Works Flood In, Nation’s Library Treads Waterhttp://lisnews.org/as_works_flood_in_nation_s_library_treads_water
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/39">Libraries</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80">Politics</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/books/budget-cuts-hobble-library-of-congress.html?_r=0">Article in the NYT</a> about sequestration and the Library of Congress</p>
</div></div></div>Sun, 05 May 2013 21:37:36 +0000Bibliofuture42137 at http://lisnews.orgThirteen Ways to Steal a Bicyclehttp://lisnews.org/thirteen_ways_to_steal_a_bicycle
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/11">Books</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Theft claims more victims and causes greater economic injury than any other criminal offense. Yet theft law is enigmatic, and fundamental questions about what should count as stealing remain unresolved—especially misappropriations of intellectual property, information, ideas, identities, and virtual property. </p>
<p>More about book <a href="http://bookcalendar2013.blogspot.com/2013/04/thirteen-ways-to-steal-bicycle.html">here.</a></p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:52:15 +0000Bibliofuture42068 at http://lisnews.orgCopyright Ruling Rings With Echo of Betamaxhttp://lisnews.org/copyright_ruling_rings_with_echo_of_betamax
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/43">Legal Issues</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>NYT article discussing the Supap Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc case.</p>
<p>Excerpt from article:<br />
More profoundly, the decision might even hasten the near-demise of print — spurring publishers into a digital world where they can license their books rather than sell them, adding some bells and whistles while gaining some protection from the first-sale clause.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/business/in-a-copyright-ruling-the-lingering-legacy-of-the-betamax.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=0&amp;ref=technology">Full article</a></p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:33:40 +0000Bibliofuture42037 at http://lisnews.orgThe Past, Present, and Future of Ownershiphttp://lisnews.org/the_past_present_and_future_of_ownership
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Radio program - On the Media - A special hour on our changing understanding of ownership and how it is affected by the law. An author and professor who encourages creative writing through plagiarism, 3D printing, fan fiction &amp; fair use, and the strange tale of who owns "The Happy Birthday Song"</p>
<p>Download full program <a href="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/otm/otm030813pod.mp3">here.</a></p>
<p>See a list of the individual segments of the show <a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/2013/mar/08/">here.</a></p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:15:55 +0000Bibliofuture42001 at http://lisnews.orgCopyright Alert System: Six strikes and you're outhttp://lisnews.org/copyright_alert_system_six_strikes_and_youre_out
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/51">Internet</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This week the entertainment industry and American ISPs rolled out a system that aims to curb illegal media downloads. The system is designed to first notify users of copyright infringement, and then to curtail Internet connectivity in response to repeated offenses.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2013/0227/Copyright-Alert-System-Six-strikes-and-you-re-out">Full article</a></p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:26:21 +0000Bibliofuture41956 at http://lisnews.orgPublic Domain, My Dear Watson? Lawsuit Challenges Conan Doyle Copyrightshttp://lisnews.org/public_domain_my_dear_watson_lawsuit_challenges_conan_doyle_copyrights
<div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-2 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Topic:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/55">Intellectual Property</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Some 125 years after his first appearance, Sherlock Holmes remains a hot literary property, inspiring thousands of pastiches, parodies and sequels in print, to saying nothing of the hit Warner Bros. film starring Robert Downey Jr. and such television series as “Elementary” and the BBC’s “Sherlock.”</p>
<p>But according to a civil complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Illinois by a leading Holmes scholar, many licensing fees paid to the Arthur Conan Doyle estate have been unnecessary, since the main characters and elements of their story derived from materials published before Jan. 1, 1923, are no longer covered by United States copyright law.</p>
<p><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/public-domain-my-dear-watson-lawsuit-challenges-conan-doyle-copyrights/">Full article</a></p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:45:49 +0000Bibliofuture41931 at http://lisnews.org